User-customizable Display Name field searchable in the directory for users who want a nickname or short name. (e.g. Mike White vs Michael White — both searchable)

Directory search for MRA clients/devices

UCM Scale Increase with same OVA spec

Single SAML SSO Agreement per Cluster

Next Gen Encryption (DOD Suite B)

VMWare ESXi 6.0 support, Single SAML IdP per Cluster

IM&P (Jabber Server) 11.5

Multi-device Messaging. Finally copies of chats messages are sent to all clients, not the most recently active. Read notifications sync’d across all devices.

Persistent Chat HA and support for MS SQL (in addition to currently-supported Postgres and Oracle) for Persistent Chat functions.

Unity Connection

Full video messaging. In addition to video greetings, video messages can be left in inboxes. Video playback is supported from the handset, and not Jabber at this time. (This functionality requires Mediasence as the video engine.)

PIN Synchronization between CUC and CUCM

New Media Player replaces the old MediaMaster applet

Support for Exchange 2016/Outlook 2016, Windows 10, MS Edge Browser

Next Gen Encryption (DOD Suite B)

VMWare ESXi 6.0 support, Single SAML IdP per Cluster

The warning is located in the release notes. Certain legacy (i.e. REALLY OLD 12+ year EoS models) phones WILL NOT WORK with CUCM 11.5.

This is a drastic change from previous versions were the phones are no longer supported and may not work properly anymore rather than disabling these models. For example, I have an old 12SP+ at the office and it would register to CUCM 10, but not really work right. In the case of 11.5, IT WILL NOT WORK.

Realistically the only models that I still see customers with are the 7935 Conference Station, 7920 Wireless, and 7910.

If you have these endpoints, understand that most have been EoS for over 12 years, and that there is a very aggressive phone trade-in program to get 20-30% extra discount (on top of your normal discount) to go to the new 8800 series phones.

Worth noting that Cisco also provide our software (MigrationFX) for free as part of the Trade-In Program:http://www.unifiedfx.com/get-migrationfx-for-free/
If you add ‘L-CP-MGFX-PROMO=’ as part of the Trade-In order you will get a fully licensed version of MigrationFX

Thanks a lot for your reply and I am sorry for re-asking the question but I opened 2 cases with Cisco PDI Helpdesk where they confirmed that the 7912 phone won’t work with CUCM 11.0 since it is not listed in the compatibility matrix of CUCM 11.0 ( although other EOS phones are listed in this compatibility matrix , such as 7906). In addition , none of the documentations proves that the 7912 is compatible with CUCM 11.0 except for the releases notes of CUCM 11.0 , but when I sent the releases notes to Cisco PDI helpdesk , they told me that this only means that CUCM 11.0 has the device load for the 7912 phone but it does not mean that phone will be able to register to it.

Are you confirming that the 7912 will work with CUCM 11.0 based on your experience ? Did you try it ?

Thanks A LOT Mike , I would highly appreciate if you can test it and let me know or if you can ask if anybody in Cisco Lab has ever tested this phone with CUCM 11.0 since we have a lot of customers who are upgrading to CUCM 11.0 and still have plenty of 7912 phones which are not willing to change currently.